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The Art of Cardcaptor Sakura #1

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I've been a fan of Cardcaptor Sakura for a while now and when I was at an anime convention this summer, I had a chance to look at the artbooks. I was reluctant to spend money on something that I was never going to be able to read, so I passed it up - but boy, am I glad I did! I was thrilled when I found out they were translating the artbooks and releasing them here and they're well worth the price here on Amazon.

All of the pictures in the book are absolutely gorgeous; there are pictures of every character except Eriol and his guardians, who I expect will be in the second artbook (this one is the first of three). I cannot say for certain, since I won't get my hands on that one until *after* Christmas. However, there's much of the pastel CLAMP colors that we've come to expect in the beautiful artwork for this series. The printing is clean and nice and so many of them would make wonderful scans if I were so courageous as to attempt to scan them. Most CCS fans will recognize these pictures as ones they have seen online though - to have the real thing in your hand finally is thrilling.

The book is read like most traditional Japanese books, with the opening held to the left - backwards to us 'Americans' but a format that's becoming more and more familiar to anime fans. After all of the pictures is a section that describes where each picture is from, what the depiction means (or what the artist was aiming for), how it was done, and other little tidbits. The manga in the back is an adorable little story focusing mostly on Sakura and Touya and a cute little scene. As a bonus at the end, there's a full color pullout featuring the girls of the show as angels on the front and the boys as devils on the back - very cute!

Overall, if you like the series and love the artwork, there's no way you can pass this up! I'm eagerly anticipating getting the next two, as well as some of CLAMP's other work.

I am a huge fan of Cardcaptor Sakura and I bought this book. When I first flip through the book, I was already amazed. With colorful detail, and beautiful illustration,every inch of this book was unbeleivable! The good thing about this book is that these are picture that is never before seen in Amereica! You also get a mini- comic book of Cardcaptor Sakura, artist notes, and an EXCLUSIVE poster of 5 main girls in pretty angles costume on one side, and 4 main boys on the other side and the funny thing is that Yamazaki-Kun is in color for the first time and his eyes are open too!!! (LOL) ;)

A definate get for CCS fans. I thought that you could only get this on the internet, but when I purchased all three at the mall, I was obviously proven wrong.
I have to say this is the second best one. It has all the extra stuff{a mini ccomic and poster}, but the art work isn't as good as in the second one, but it is better than the third, and still a must get for fans.
The comic is of Sakura being sick. The poster is double-sided and has Sakura, Tomoyo, Chereu, Naoko, and Rita on one side and has Touya, Yukito, Syoran, and Yamasaki on the other.

The book is in great condition and arived before the arrival date. All clean pages, the cover is also clean and no missing pages. It is also very rare so I am really glad I bought it a decent price. It is a great additon to any clamp or shoujo fan's collection.